CVE-2022-43565: Splunk

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 0.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 8.2.9 and 8.1.12, the way that the ‘tstats command handles Javascript Object Notation (JSON) lets an attacker bypass SPL safeguards for risky commands https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/SplunkCloud/latest/Security/SPLsafeguards . The vulnerability requires the attacker to phish the victim by tricking them into initiating a request within their browser.

Affected products

• Splunk Splunk: from 8.1.0, before 8.1.12 (fixed in 8.1.12); from 8.2.0, before 8.2.9 (fixed in 8.2.9)
• Splunk Splunk Cloud Platform: before 9.0.2203 (fixed in 9.0.2203)

Published 2022-11-04. Last modified 2026-06-17.